tsigane

Japanese: tsigane
tsigane

…In English, they are called gypsies, which is a combination of Egyptian, in French they are called gitan, and in Spanish they are called gitano, all of which indicate that they were thought to have come from Egypt. In French they are also called bohémien (Bohemians) and tsigane (tzigane), the latter of which, like the German Zigeuner and the Italian Zingaro, comes from the fact that gypsies were called Atsingani (meaning "pagans") in ancient Greece. In France, gypsies divide themselves into three groups, the Kalderash, the Zitans, and the Manush, depending on their occupation and region, while in Germany they divide them into two groups, the Zinthe and the Roma. …

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Japanese:

…英語では,イジプシャンEgyptian(エジプト人)がつまったジプシー,フランス語ではジタンgitan,スペイン語ではヒタノgitanoと呼んでいるが,いずれも,彼らがエジプトから来た,と考えられたことを示している。フランス語では,ボエミアンbohémien(ボヘミア人),ツィガンtsigane(tzigane)とも呼ぶが,後者はドイツ語のツィゴイネルZigeuner,イタリア語のツィンガロzingaroなどと同じく,昔ギリシアでジプシーがアツィンガニ(〈異教徒〉の意)と呼ばれていたことに由来する。また,フランスでは,ジプシーが自分たちのことを職業や地域などによって,カルデラシュ,ジタン,マヌーシュと三つに分け,ドイツでは,ジンテとロマの二つに分けている。…

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